An official of a national water system trade association said this was the largest outage ever as far as he knew. We may never know exactly who is to blame for this unprecidented event - news reports refer to only "an animal believed to be a squirrel." This is often the case in this kind of animal terrorism, since it is generally a suicide mission.

But Tampans stood up to the attack bravely. Bottled water flew off the shelves, but they did not let the outage interfere with vital services. A McDonald's said it would stay open as long as it could maintain supplies of bottled soda, and the event proved that American culture is not that easy to keep down:

The defining water-bucket moment in "Flashdance The Musical" will
still splash the stage at the Straz Center through Sunday thanks to a 25
gallon reservoir that can be refilled with bottled water. In an iconic
dance number, leading lady Emily Padgett leans back on a chair, pulls a
chain and is drenched by a bucket of water.

"Water for 'Flashdance' is safe," said Paul Bilyeu, director of public relations at The Straz Center.

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